سَفًا
Root: سفو
Full Definition
سَفًا
Lightness, thinness, or scantiness, in the hair of the forelock, of the horse, in which it is discommended, and of the mule and ass, in both of which it is commended: or shortness, and scantiness, of the forelock: accord. to Th, it is
سَفَآءٌ , with medd: which is metaphorically used by a poet as meaning scantiness in milk. [Accord. to the TK, the former is an Verbal.Noun, of which the verb is
, said of a horse, as meaning He was, or became, light, thin, or scanty, in the forelock.]
2 And, accord. to IAar, A whiteness [or a tinge thereof] in the hair [of a horse]: particularly said by him in one place to be such as is termed أَدْهَم, and such as is أَشْقَر. (M, in art. سفو.)
def.2 Also, [but more properly written سَفًى, the last radical in this case being ىِ,] Dust, or earth; and so سَافٍ : or this is applied to earth, or dust, [as meaning pouring down,] from سَفَى التُّرَابُ [expl. above]: the former signifies dust, or earth, though not raised and carried away, or dispersed, by the wind: or, accord. to the T, whatever is raised and carried away, or dispersed, by the wind: accord. to IAar, dust, or earth, taken forth from a grave or a well: سَفَاةٌ is a more special term, the n. un., سَفَاةٌ مِنْ تُرَابٍ signifying a collection (كُبَّةٌ) of dust, or earth.
def.3 Also Any kind of tree having prickles, or thorns: the prickles [or awn or beard] of بُهْمَى [or barley-grass], and of the ears of corn, [of wheat or barley, (TA in art. خدش,)] and of anything having prickles: accord. to Th, the extremities of بُهْمَى: n. un. سَفَاةٌ, as above.
def.4 Also Leanness, or emaciation, in consequence of disease.
def.5 It is also an Verbal.Noun of سَفِىَ as syn. with سَفِهَ, expl. above.
2 And, accord. to IAar, A whiteness [or a tinge thereof] in the hair [of a horse]: particularly said by him in one place to be such as is termed أَدْهَم, and such as is أَشْقَر. (M, in art. سفو.)
def.2 Also, [but more properly written سَفًى, the last radical in this case being ىِ,] Dust, or earth; and so سَافٍ : or this is applied to earth, or dust, [as meaning pouring down,] from سَفَى التُّرَابُ [expl. above]: the former signifies dust, or earth, though not raised and carried away, or dispersed, by the wind: or, accord. to the T, whatever is raised and carried away, or dispersed, by the wind: accord. to IAar, dust, or earth, taken forth from a grave or a well: سَفَاةٌ is a more special term, the n. un., سَفَاةٌ مِنْ تُرَابٍ signifying a collection (كُبَّةٌ) of dust, or earth.
def.3 Also Any kind of tree having prickles, or thorns: the prickles [or awn or beard] of بُهْمَى [or barley-grass], and of the ears of corn, [of wheat or barley, (TA in art. خدش,)] and of anything having prickles: accord. to Th, the extremities of بُهْمَى: n. un. سَفَاةٌ, as above.
def.4 Also Leanness, or emaciation, in consequence of disease.
def.5 It is also an Verbal.Noun of سَفِىَ as syn. with سَفِهَ, expl. above.
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